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WASHING MAOHINE.

No. 370,391. Patented Sept. 27, 1887.

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WASHING MAOHINE.

Patentedet'. 2.7, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

EPHRIAM HASTINGS, OF PATAHA CITY, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,391, dated September 2'7, 1887.

Application filed March 24, 1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, EPHRIAM D. HASTINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pataha City, in the county of Garfield and Territory of Washington, have invented a new and useful Improvement in \Vashing Machines,of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a washing-machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the cover of the washingmachine flung open. Fig. 4 is a top plan view in the same position. Fig. 5 is a detail view.

A represents a firebox or combustion-chamher, over which is arranged a boiler, B, which is provided with a hinged cover, 0. From the rear end of the fire-box extends avertical flue, D, in the upper part of which is formed a supplemental boiler, E. A vertical pipe, F, pro jects upward from the bottom of the boiler and passes through the same, and the upper portion of the said pipe passes through an opening which is made in the removable cover G, with which the boiler E is provided.

On the front side of the boiler E, at the bot tom thereof, is a trough, I, the outer side of which is provided with a series of openings, K. The said trough is divided at its center by a transverse partition, L, and,arranged directly over the said partition, is a discharge-faucet, M, with which the boiler is provided. On each side of the partition L and at a suitable distance therefrom is a perforated partition, N. The spaces between the central partition and the perforated partitons N serve as receptacles for cakes of soap.

The boiler B is divided longitudinally into two compartments of equal dimensions by a vertical partition-plate, O. This plate is provided with an opening, '1, to establish communication between the two compartments, and a vertical slide-valve, B,which is adapted to close the said opening, and thereby cut off communication between the compartments.

S represents a pair of cylindrical drums,

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the center, with a trunnion or stud, U, adapted to bear in a recess in the upper edge of one side of the boiler B, and from the opposite side of the said drum projects a hollow sleeve or trunnion, V, which bears in a recess in the upper edge of the partition-plate O. The other drum is provided at its center with projecting trunnions W, one of which is adapted to enter the hollow trunnion or sleeve V, and the other is adapted to bear in a recess in the upper end of the opposite side of the boiler B, and is provided with a crank-handle, whereby the drums may be rotated. Near the lower side of the boiler B is a faucet, X, by means of which the contents of the boiler may be drawn off.

The cover 0 is hinged to the outer end of the boiler B at the upper side thereof, and the said cover is curved, and thereby adapted to fit over the drums S when the cover is closed. The inner end of the cover, when it is closed, bears against the front side of the boiler B and covers the trough.

The operation of myinvention is as follows: The clothes to be washed are placed in the drums S, and the latter are mounted in the boiler B, as shown and hereinbefore described. A suitable quantity of water is placed in the boiler B, and the boiler E is also provided with a suitable quantity of water, and steam is raised in the said boilers by building a fire in the combustion chamber. The cover 0 is closed over the drums, and the articles therein I latter through the openings K onto the perforated peripheries of the drums, and the latter being rotated, it will be readily seen that all the articles therein will be subjected to the cleansing action of the pure water. If cakes of soap are placed in the trough between the partition L and the perforated partitions N, suds will be supplied from the boiler E to the boiler B, as will be readily understood, and by omitting the soap and adding a suitable quantity of bluing to the water in the boiler E the clothes may be blued.

By dividing the boiler B into two compartments and providing the two rotating drums it will be readily understood that the articles in one of the said drums may be washed while the articles in the other drum'arebeing rinsed, and this also admits of separating white articles of clothing from colored ones while being washed. P

The free end of the hinged cover is provided with a pivoted supporting-foot, T by means of which the free end of the cover is supported above the ground or floor when the cover is swung outward in the position indicated in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. The combination of the fire-box A, the boiler B, arranged over the same, the vertical fine D at the rear end of the fire-box, and having the supplemental boiler E at its upper side, provided with dischargeopenings, and the trough I on the side of the supplemental boiler, and the perforated drums journaled in the sides of the boiler B and arranged below the trough, substantially as described. I

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of the boiler B, the rotating drums therein, the boiler E,arranged above the boiler B and having the discharge-trough I, the latter being provided with receptacles, for the purposes set forth, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Ill EPHRIAM 2 D. HASTINGS.

mark.

Witnesses:

J. H. WAU, ISAAC OLIVER. 

